Education - Subcultures: Gender

Question 1

Mac an Ghaill (1994) - male subcultures

Answer 1

5 distinct subcultures identified in boys:

1. academic achievers - upward mobility through working hard
2. macho lads - saw achievers as effeminate, opposed school
3. new enterprisers - pro school for vocational courses
4. real Englishmen - MC from highly educated backgrounds
5. gay students - critical of homophobia

Question 2

Griffin (1985) - lacking female subcultures

Answer 2

girls less likely to form subcultures than boys
girls more likely to form small friendship groups

Question 3

Scott Davies - exaggerated femininity

Answer 3

• found evidence of anti school female subcultures
  members had exaggerated sexuality:
• emphasising boyfriends
• prioritised marriage
• childbearing over academic success

A03
In Canada, perhaps cultural differences
overdramatised